2011-12 Men's Lacrosse News

May 6, 2012
Storm Men End Year With Fantastic Fourth Quarter and 14-8 Win Over Molloy
Keegan Bal scored a season-high five goals, including three in a seven-goal fourth quarter, to lead Lake Erie in its season finale and final game as a member of the East Coast Conference. The win ends the Storm's year at 7-7 (4-6 ECC) for the second straight year.

May 2, 2012
Griffins Make Most Of Chances To Blow By Storm
No. 8 Seton Hill made the most of their opportunities to pick up a 16-7 road victory over Lake Erie at Jack Britt Memorial Stadium.

April 28, 2012
Storm Scoring Surge Enough To Outlast Griffins
Bolstered by its highest scoring output of the season Lake Erie outlasted Chestnut Hill 19-13 in East Coast Conference play. Trevor Tarte had six goals for the Storm.

April 25, 2012
Cardinals Slip Past Storm In ECC Play
Lake Erie was unable to overcome a five-goal first quarter run by Wheeling Jesuit in a 12-7 loss in East Coast Conference play.

April 20, 2012
Men’s Lacrosse Senior Recognized As Outstanding Business Student
Lake Erie men’s lacrosse senior Zach Hamelinck recently received and award as Outstanding Finance/Accounting Graduate from the Northeast Ohio Chapter of Financial Executives International.

April 18, 2012
Storm Play Record Setting Defense On Youth Lacrosse Night
Lake Erie allowed just a lone goal, the best defensive effort in program history, en route to a 17-1 win over Ohio Valley. Junior Andrew Stockman scored a career-high six times

April 14, 2012
Storm Pick Up Second ECC Win At Dominican
Bouncing back from a loss to the top ranked team in the country in convincing fashion, Lake Erie led the entire way in a 13-6 victory over Dominican (N.Y.).

April 12, 2012
Storm Men to Host Ohio Valley at Mentor's JTO Stadium April 18
Lake Erie's nonconference game against the Fighting Scots has been moved to Mentor High School's JTO Stadium Wednesday night, April 18, as part of Community Lacrosse Night. The event will feature the Mentor Youth Lacrosse organization's all-star team in a game prior to the LEC-OVU face-off at 7 p.m.

April 11, 2012
Top-Ranked Lakers Dash Storm's Hopes of Second Straight Upset
Despite four goals from sophomore Trevor Tarte, the Storm couldn't overcome a big second-quarter run by the defending national champions as Mercyhurst cruised to a 16-7 win.

April 7, 2012
Storm’s Fourth Quarter Rally Topples No. 12 C.W. Post
Facing a team which won the national championship two of the past three seasons, Lake Erie scored three straight fourth quarter goals to defeat No. 12 C.W. Post, 8-7.

March 31, 2012
Second Half Start Not Enough In Loss At Third-Ranked Dowling
A four-goal third period run was not enough to overcome a big early deficit as Lake Erie fell at third-ranked Dowling College.

March 30, 2012
Game at Mercyhurst Moved to April 11
Lake Erie's ECC match at defending national champion Mercyhurst, originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 10 in Erie, Pa. has been rescheduled for the following day, Wednesday, April 11. The start time of 4 p.m. is unchanged.

March 28, 2012
Lake Erie to Join Newly Formed ECAC Lacrosse League in 2013
After playing its first three seasons in the East Coast Conference, Lake Erie will be one of the founding members of the new eight-team East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II Lacrosse League beginning in 2013.

March 24, 2012
Storm Men Fall on the Road at Mercy in ECC Action, 12-10
Trevor Tarte scored three times but the Storm couldn't hold onto its early lead thanks to a 9-1 run between the second and third quarters by host Mercy.

March 17, 2012
Six-Goal Second Quarter Leads Storm to 13-5 Win at Coker
Lake Erie led 3-1 after the first frame, but Matthew Curcio scored three times in a six-goal second and the Storm took an eight-goal lead into halftime. They kept that margin well into the second half when the game was called early due to lightning.

March 14, 2012
Storm Men Fall in Overtime at Lenoir-Rhyne, 10-9
Reagan Harding scored four times, including the game-tying goal late in regulation, but Ned Kaish scored just 10 seconds into overtime to give the host Bears the win.

March 12, 2012
Storm in USILA Division II Poll For First Time
The Lake Erie men received votes in this week's coaches poll for the first time in program history. The Storm (1-1) resumes play this week after being idle since March 3 with a pair of games in the Carolinas.

March 7, 2012
Storm Men Ranked 10th in LaxPower.com Computer Poll
Lake Erie has cracked the top 10 of the Power Rankings for the first time after splitting its first two games against nationally ranked opponents.

March 3, 2012
Storm's Bid for Second Straight Top-10 Win Stopped Short by #6 NYIT
Josh Becker scored to tie the game at 5-5 midway through the third period, but host NYIT scored three times and held LEC off the scoreboard over the final 21 minutes for an 8-5 win in the ECC opener Saturday in Old Westbury, N.Y.

March 1, 2012
Lake Erie Men's Lacrosse Featured By Inside Lacrosse
Coming off the program's first win over a ranked opponent, the Lake Erie men's lacrosse and its Head Coach Greg Stocks were featured by the popular lacrosse website Inside Lacrosse.

February 25, 2012
Men’s Lacrosse Stuns No. 10 Pfeiffer For First Ranked Win
The Lake Erie College men’s lacrosse program opened its third season with a bang as it picked up its first win over a ranked opponent in team history with an 11-8 upset over No. 10 Pfeiffer University.

February 24, 2012
Men's Lacrosse Ready To Get Season Underway This Weekend (VIDEO PREVIEW)
Lake Erie assistant men's lacrosse coach Michael Sciulli sits down with host Kyle Akins to preview the 2012 Storm season.

February 10, 2012
Storm Men Picked Eighth in ECC Preseason Poll
Lake Erie received 47 points in voting by the East Coast Conference coaches in the annual league preseason poll released Feb. 9. The Storm returns 19 letter winners, led by Keegan Bal and Josh Becker, from last year's 7-7 team.